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Accounts Payable Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa and L-1 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Employers in manufacturing, healthcare, and corporate finance sponsor most consistently for this title. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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At Prologis, we don’t just lead the industry—we define it with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion. We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds. From agile supply chains to energy solutions, our ecosystems help your business move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably. With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one—not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next.
Job Title:
Accounts Payable Specialist
Company:
Prologis
Accounts Payable Specialist, Denver
A day in the life
The Accounts Payable Specialist supports accurate, timely, and well-controlled processing of supplier invoices and payments in a high-volume environment. The role supports the accounts payable lifecycle from invoice intake and validation through payment support, reconciliations, and month-end activities. This position partners with Procurement, Receiving, Property or Business Operations, Accounting, Treasury, vendors, and other internal stakeholders to resolve exceptions and payment-related issues. Success in the role depends on accuracy, sound judgment, responsive service, ownership, and a focus on improving processes and controls.
Key responsibilities include:
- Process purchase order and non-purchase order invoices accurately within established service-level expectations, validating supplier, legal entity, invoice details, currency, tax treatment, accounting distribution, approvals, and supporting documentation.
- Perform 2-way and 3-way matching, identify potential duplicate invoices or payments, and resolve invoice exceptions such as pricing or quantity variances, missing receipts, coding questions, approval delays, and purchase order mismatches.
- Monitor invoice workflow queues, aging, rejected items, and payment holds; prioritize time-sensitive items and escalate unresolved risks before deadlines are missed.
- Respond to vendor and internal customer inquiries and partner with Procurement, Receiving, Property or Business Operations, Accounting, Treasury, and other stakeholders to resolve payment issues and improve upstream processes.
- Support supplier onboarding and maintenance, payment activities, and related controls by validating required documentation and following established procedures for tax forms, banking information, vendor master changes, rejected payments, returned funds, stop payments, and stale-dated checks.
- Reconcile vendor statements and assigned accounts, investigate reconciling items, and support month-end and year-end activities including invoice cutoff, accrual support, outstanding liability analysis, reporting, and audit requests.
- Maintain organized records and current procedures, follow internal controls and fraud-prevention requirements, use reports and data to monitor recurring issues, and support process improvements, system testing, automation, cross-training, and other assigned AP projects.
Building blocks for success
Required:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with relevant accounts payable or transaction-processing experience.
- Experience with the end-to-end accounts payable cycle, including invoice processing, purchase order matching, approvals, exception handling, vendor inquiries, and payment processing.
- Experience using an ERP or financial system and an invoice workflow or imaging application.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word.
- Ability to process high-volume work accurately, consistently, and with appropriate urgency and follow-through.
- Ability to research transactions, interpret supporting documentation, identify root causes, and resolve reconciling items.
- Ability to organize multiple responsibilities, manage deadlines and service-level commitments, and adapt to changing business needs.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with vendors, business partners, and management while handling sensitive financial and vendor information appropriately.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with PeopleSoft or a comparable large-scale ERP.
- Experience in a large, multi-entity, shared-services, real estate, or global organization.
- Exposure to vendor master controls, 1099 or other supplier tax reporting, sales and use tax, or international payment requirements.
- Experience creating or using operational reports, dashboards, cloud-based analytics tools such as Sigma, or supporting system implementations, user acceptance testing, automation, or accounts payable process-improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed. Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.
COMPENSATION
- Hiring Salary Range of: $22.60 - $31.25/hour ($47,000 - $65,000). Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target) to be determined by the candidate’s location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
People First
Each of us working at Prologis plays an essential role in the enduring success of our company. We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable. While we are one company, locations and departments operate with autonomy and accountability. Individuals take the initiative here.
When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career. Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here.
As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. And because of that, we provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development. People come first here.
All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation. We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification. Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Full time
LOCATION:
Denver, Colorado
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
INTRODUCTION
At Prologis, we don’t just lead the industry—we define it with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion. We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds. From agile supply chains to energy solutions, our ecosystems help your business move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably. With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one—not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next.
Job Title:
Accounts Payable Specialist
Company:
Prologis
Accounts Payable Specialist, Denver
A day in the life
The Accounts Payable Specialist supports accurate, timely, and well-controlled processing of supplier invoices and payments in a high-volume environment. The role supports the accounts payable lifecycle from invoice intake and validation through payment support, reconciliations, and month-end activities. This position partners with Procurement, Receiving, Property or Business Operations, Accounting, Treasury, vendors, and other internal stakeholders to resolve exceptions and payment-related issues. Success in the role depends on accuracy, sound judgment, responsive service, ownership, and a focus on improving processes and controls.
Key responsibilities include:
- Process purchase order and non-purchase order invoices accurately within established service-level expectations, validating supplier, legal entity, invoice details, currency, tax treatment, accounting distribution, approvals, and supporting documentation.
- Perform 2-way and 3-way matching, identify potential duplicate invoices or payments, and resolve invoice exceptions such as pricing or quantity variances, missing receipts, coding questions, approval delays, and purchase order mismatches.
- Monitor invoice workflow queues, aging, rejected items, and payment holds; prioritize time-sensitive items and escalate unresolved risks before deadlines are missed.
- Respond to vendor and internal customer inquiries and partner with Procurement, Receiving, Property or Business Operations, Accounting, Treasury, and other stakeholders to resolve payment issues and improve upstream processes.
- Support supplier onboarding and maintenance, payment activities, and related controls by validating required documentation and following established procedures for tax forms, banking information, vendor master changes, rejected payments, returned funds, stop payments, and stale-dated checks.
- Reconcile vendor statements and assigned accounts, investigate reconciling items, and support month-end and year-end activities including invoice cutoff, accrual support, outstanding liability analysis, reporting, and audit requests.
- Maintain organized records and current procedures, follow internal controls and fraud-prevention requirements, use reports and data to monitor recurring issues, and support process improvements, system testing, automation, cross-training, and other assigned AP projects.
Building blocks for success
Required:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with relevant accounts payable or transaction-processing experience.
- Experience with the end-to-end accounts payable cycle, including invoice processing, purchase order matching, approvals, exception handling, vendor inquiries, and payment processing.
- Experience using an ERP or financial system and an invoice workflow or imaging application.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word.
- Ability to process high-volume work accurately, consistently, and with appropriate urgency and follow-through.
- Ability to research transactions, interpret supporting documentation, identify root causes, and resolve reconciling items.
- Ability to organize multiple responsibilities, manage deadlines and service-level commitments, and adapt to changing business needs.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with vendors, business partners, and management while handling sensitive financial and vendor information appropriately.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with PeopleSoft or a comparable large-scale ERP.
- Experience in a large, multi-entity, shared-services, real estate, or global organization.
- Exposure to vendor master controls, 1099 or other supplier tax reporting, sales and use tax, or international payment requirements.
- Experience creating or using operational reports, dashboards, cloud-based analytics tools such as Sigma, or supporting system implementations, user acceptance testing, automation, or accounts payable process-improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed. Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.
COMPENSATION
- Hiring Salary Range of: $22.60 - $31.25/hour ($47,000 - $65,000). Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target) to be determined by the candidate’s location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
People First
Each of us working at Prologis plays an essential role in the enduring success of our company. We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable. While we are one company, locations and departments operate with autonomy and accountability. Individuals take the initiative here.
When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career. Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here.
As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. And because of that, we provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development. People come first here.
All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation. We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification. Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Full time
LOCATION:
Denver, Colorado
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Accounts Payable Manager
Target employers with large AP departments
Companies processing high invoice volumes, large manufacturers, hospital systems, and Fortune 500 corporations, maintain dedicated AP management teams and are far more likely to have established visa sponsorship programs than smaller businesses.
Emphasize ERP system expertise in your application
Proficiency in SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite is a genuine differentiator for AP Manager roles. Employers sponsoring visas want specialized technical skills that justify the investment, and ERP expertise signals you're not easily replaced with a local hire.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation requirement
H-1B sponsorship requires the role to qualify as a specialty occupation. A bachelor's degree in accounting or finance must be a genuine job requirement, not a preference. Ensure the job posting reflects that specificity before applying.
Highlight CPA progress or professional certifications
CPA licensure or active candidacy strengthens your H-1B petition by reinforcing specialty occupation status. Employers also view certifications as reducing their sponsorship risk, since credentialed candidates face fewer USCIS challenges at the petition stage.
Target companies that have sponsored AP roles before
Many employers have no idea how to sponsor their first visa. Focusing on organizations with a documented history of H-1B or L-1 visa sponsorship in finance functions means you're not educating HR from scratch during the hiring process.
Prepare your employer for the LCA process early
Many finance hiring managers are unfamiliar with the Labor Condition Application requirement. Proactively explaining that it's an employer-filed DOL certification, not a lengthy government investigation, reduces hesitation and keeps the process moving forward.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Accounts Payable Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship?
Yes, when the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a directly related field. USCIS scrutinizes AP Manager petitions more closely than pure accounting roles, so the job description must articulate why a specific degree is necessary, not just preferred. Roles that accept any business degree or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree are harder to get approved.
Which industries sponsor Accounts Payable Managers most frequently?
Healthcare systems, manufacturing companies, professional services firms, and large retailers are the most consistent sponsors for AP Manager roles. These industries run complex, high-volume payables operations that require dedicated management rather than shared finance staff. You can browse sponsoring employers in these sectors on Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for visa-sponsoring companies.
Can an Accounts Payable Manager role qualify for an L-1 visa instead of H-1B?
Yes, if you've worked for the same multinational employer outside the U.S. for at least one continuous year in the past three years in a managerial or specialized knowledge capacity. An AP Manager overseeing a regional team abroad would typically qualify for L-1A as a manager. This path bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely, which is a significant advantage.
Does a three-year accounting degree qualify for H-1B sponsorship in this role?
USCIS generally requires a U.S. equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree for H-1B eligibility. A three-year degree from countries like Australia or India may qualify if combined with a credential evaluation showing equivalency, or supplemented by one additional year of related education or three years of specialized work experience per missing year of study.
How does USCIS evaluate H-1B petitions for Accounts Payable Manager positions?
USCIS applies the specialty occupation test, which requires showing that a bachelor's degree in a specific field is the standard minimum entry requirement for the position. AP Manager petitions sometimes receive Requests for Evidence questioning whether the role truly requires a degree versus general business experience. Strong petitions include detailed job duties, organizational charts showing the management function, and evidence of industry hiring standards.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Accounts Payable Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.